Tandem-wheeled aircraft



April 8, 1930. F. F. MANOR TANDEM WHEELED AIRCRAFT Filed July 25, 1927 INVENITOR.

.M, 3279M Y rrows/Ens Patented Apr. 8, 1930 1 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Y FLORIAN r. MANOR, or osnxosn, wrsconsm TANDEM-WHEEL!!!) Application filed m 23, 1921. Serial m. 207,905.

My invention has relation to improvements and is mounted in a forked frame member 16 in tandem wheeled aircrafts. connected. with a steering means 17 The It is one of the objects of the present invenfront wheel is also resiliently mounted, retion to provide an aircraft having two wheels silient members 18 absorbing the shock upon in tandem arrangement instead of having two the front wheel produced in landing or in wheels mounted on the same axle as commonriding over rough surfaces, ly used. From the foregoing description it can be It is a further object of this invention toseen that the tandem wheel arrangement is provide an aircraft which can take off or land "of very simple construction, that it greatly in an ordinary street or in any narrow or orfacilitates the handling of the plane and that dinarilyv difiicult place. it, makes it possiblefor the plane to be used' It is a further object of this invention to onlanding surfaces ofvery limited width. provide an aircraft which can be driven along What I claim as my invention is:

the street like an ordinary motorcycle until In an airplane capable of sustained flight, 1 it is desired to ascend. the combination of a body ortion having an It is a further object of this invention to opening in the-lower part t ereof toward the provide an aircraft which is lighter in weight rear of the body and having the lower part of ue to the simple, tandemwheel arrangement the front curved upwardly and outwardly for and therefore easier to handle. a substantial distance, a single wheel mount- 20 It is a still further object of this invention ed in the rearopening, a single steerable front to provide an aircraft which is simple in con- Wheel projecting from the upwardly curved .struction, and which iswell adapted for the front portion, and a driving motor and propurpose described, peller carried by the outwardly curved front With the above and other objects in view, portion in advance of the front wheel;

the invention consists of the improved tandem In testimony whereof, I aflix-m signature. wheeled aircraft and all its parts and combi- FLORIAN F. NOR. nations as set forth more fully in the follow- I 7 ing description and in thd. claim, and all equivalents thereof.

In the accompanying drawing:

Fig.1 is a side elevation of'the improved tandem wheeled aircraft, part of the body being broken away; and I r Fig. 2 is a plan view thereof. I

Referrin to the drawing the numera1'3 designates t e body portion which is equipped with the usual wings 4 and rudder 5. Doors 6 in the body give access to the seats 7 within.

The numeral 8 designates the projecting cylinders from the motor, and the numeral 9 designates the propeller. The rear wheel 10 is equipped with the usual tire '11 and is mounted upon an axle 12, the ends ofwln'ch are connected to the frame at 13.v Resilient members 14, preferably constructed of rub ber, absorb the shock caused in landing or in riding over rough surfaces. An opening in the lower portion of the body accommodates part of the wheel. The front wheel 15 is similar to the front wheel of a motorcycle 

